Oblique Seville of Jamaica sprinted to a win in the men's 100-meter at the 2025 World Track and Field Championships, upsetting reigning Olympic champion Noah Lyles.

On the women's side, South Carolina native Melissa Jefferson-Wooden set a championship-record time of 10.61 seconds to top the podium in Tokyo. It was the fourth-fastest time posted by a woman ever at the distrance.

Seville finished with a personal-best time of 9.77 seconds. His teammate, Kishane Thompson, was second at 9.82, while Lyles finished third at 9.89 seconds.

Lyles, who was hampered by a foot injury this spring, won the gold last summer at the Paris Olympics in 9.79 seconds, beating Thompson in a photo finish. He will compete later this week in the 200m event, his specialty.

"It was a short season with injury, not

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